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Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle

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The women's 10 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on February 15 at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 10:00 PST.[1]

Each skier starts at 30-second intervals, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course. Estonia's Kristina Šmigun-Vähi was the defending Olympic champion in this event though it was held in the classical style.[2] Aino-Kaisa Saarinen on Finland was the defending world champion though that event was also held in the classical style.[3] The final World Cup event in women's 10 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on February 5 at Canmore, Alberta and was won by Sweden's Charlotte Kalla.[4]

Šmigun-Vähi won silver in this event, Saarinen would finish 15th, and Kalla would win gold.[5] Kalla is the Sweden's first female individual gold medalist in cross-country skiing since Toini Gustafsson's 5 km win at Grenoble in 1968.

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References

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    Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Archived 2010-08-31 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 4 November 2009.
  2. [2]
    2006 Winter Olympic women's 10 km classical results. Archived 2011-02-16 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 4 November 2009
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    FIS Nordic World Ski Championships women's 10 km classical results. Archived 2012-05-27 at archive.today - accessed 4 November 2009.
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    FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Canmore 5 February 2010 women's 10 km freestyle results. - accessed 6 February 2010.
  5. [5]
    2010 Winter Olympics 15 February 2010 Cross-country skiing women's 10 km freestyle results. Archived 27 May 2012 at archive.today - accessed 16 February 2010.
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